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The Montreal Snow Shoe Club (MSSC) was a sports club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1840 by twelve well-known young men, it was the first club of its sort in North America (and probably the world) and led the way for hundreds of other clubs like it to be established across Canada and the United States. Though as a club the MSSC was significantly pre-dated by others such as the Royal Montreal Curling Club and the , it was snowshoeing that pioneered the organization of sport in Montreal. In the 19th century, only lacrosse (and much later, ice hockey) exceeded the total number of urban snowshoe clubs in Canada. In the period before 1867, Lindsay remarks, "a history of snowshoeing in Canada is virtually a history of snowshoeing in Montreal, and, in particular, the Montreal Snow Shoe C

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  • Club des raquetteurs de Montréal (fr)
  • Montreal Snow Shoe Club (en)
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  • Le Club des raquetteurs de Montréal (en anglais Montreal Snowshoe Club) est un club de sportifs amateurs pratiquant la raquette à neige à Montréal sur le mont Royal et ses environs. Débutant ses activités en 1843, il est aujourd'hui considéré comme un des premiers clubs en son genre en Amérique du Nord . (fr)
  • The Montreal Snow Shoe Club (MSSC) was a sports club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1840 by twelve well-known young men, it was the first club of its sort in North America (and probably the world) and led the way for hundreds of other clubs like it to be established across Canada and the United States. Though as a club the MSSC was significantly pre-dated by others such as the Royal Montreal Curling Club and the , it was snowshoeing that pioneered the organization of sport in Montreal. In the 19th century, only lacrosse (and much later, ice hockey) exceeded the total number of urban snowshoe clubs in Canada. In the period before 1867, Lindsay remarks, "a history of snowshoeing in Canada is virtually a history of snowshoeing in Montreal, and, in particular, the Montreal Snow Shoe C (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MSSC_at_McGill_Gatehouse,_1889.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Bounce,_Montreal_Snowshoe_Club.jpg
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